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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of CASTLE [Dunlop Hill] | (Site of) Castle (Site of) Castle (Site of) Castle (Site of) Castle |
Revd. [Reverend] William Gebbie Andrew Brown Esqr. Hill Mr. George Howie James Craig Esqr. Borlandhill |
009 | On the top of Dunlop Hill a Castle is said formerly to have stood. No vestages of it are now visible, but I was informed by Mr. George Howie (an old man residing in Dunlop) that about 70 or 80 years ago he remembers seeing a small portion of what was said to be one of the walls, it was a sort of bank quite crumbled down and overgrown with grass, since that time the foundations of a building of considerable extent have been removed and the ground levelled and cultivated. |
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57Parish of Dunlop
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"According to local tradition, the Castle of Dunlop stood in ancient times on the top of a small eminence, (still called Dunlop Hill) near the Church" New Statistical Acct. [Account] of Ayr & Bute p. 258
"As a proof that there had been a Castle on Boarland, or Dunlop Hill, the residence we may presume, of Gothreid de Ross, the foundation of a [Tessie] was examined some years ago by a late proprietor. A diligent observer may yet percieve the traces of the ruin". Paterson's His. [History] of Air, vol. [volume] 2.p.42-
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DANIALSAN, John Dunlop
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